Virginia Right!

This is a remarkable story:  Major suburban county in Virginia pulls out of its association of counties!  Here’s the story from Real Clear Politics! The Goochland County Board of Supervisor (sic) is withdrawing from a state association that supports counties and lobbies on their behalf, saying some of the group’s legislative positions do not reflect [...]

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I am sick over this whole thing with the judge candidate in Richmond.  Delegates I respect and admire greatly led the drive to keep Tracy Thorne-Begland off the General District Court.  I understand their reasons – the fear of judicial activism – that is not illegitimate BUT it is unlikely that a court NOT of [...]

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UPDATE: I noticed that this 2010 post is getting a lot of reads in 2012. We are working on a post to explain the two questions on the ballot for 2012, but the short version is VOTE YES to both. -Editor – 10/16/2012 Virginia voters will be faced with three opportunities to amend the state [...]

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The opposite of Bad UN law (all together now:  “REDUNDANT!”) is any proposal by my former delegate who I helped in several elections when I lived in Prince William County:  Del. Bob Marshall.  (I must confess that when Bob first ran for delegate in 1991 I supported his opponent in the primary!  But I said [...]

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Brent Budowsky writes this ironically humorous article in The Hill supporting Harry Reid.  Budowsky suggests that Theodore Roosevelt would support Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) since he is actually out there in the arena fighting for the right: Roosevelt continued: The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred [...]

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I do not intend to condone the use or abuse of liquor; I do not drink alcohol in any form. But it is not a governmental function. The ABC stores should be sold and extra revenue raised from the private dealers (with appropriate safety and zoning regulation) applied to essential government needs like education.

But I urge the Governor not to stop there: Sell the lottery, too.

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